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Ed has claimed the chart double as Shape Of You leads the way on the Official Singles Chart, notching up 141,000 combined chart sales. All 16 songs on ÷ feature inside the Top 20, something that no artist has come close to achieving before and is a reflection of the sheer scale of this release and its broad appeal.

Behind Shape Of You, Ed holds the entire Top 5 – the first time an act has ever achieved this – with Galway Girl (2), Castle On The Hill (3), Perfect (4) and New Man (5). And with nine songs in the Top 10 today, Ed sets a new record for landing the most Top 10 singles from one album, having scored 10 from ÷ so far (How Would You Feel (Paean) is Number 11 this week but has also charted inside the Top 10 previously). The previous record holder was Calvin Harris, who landed nine Top 10 singles from his 18 Months album.

Aside from Ed Sheeran’s new entries, two more songs enter this week’s singles Top 40: Lorde’s new single Green Light debuts Number 28, and a new version of Little Mix’s No More Sad Songs featuring Machine Gun Kelly is at 39.

Over on the Official Albums Chart, eight more new albums land inside this week’s Top 40: Windy City by US bluegrass-country singer Alison Krauss (6), Collabro’s third album Home (7) and Sleaford Mods’ 10^th record English Tapas (12).

Further down, Daniel O’Donnell’s Back Home Again debuts at 14, Last Place by US indie band Grandaddy opens at 18, Volcano by British group Temples is at 23 We Are X by Japanese rockers X Japan enters at 27, and The Gold Collection by Irish musical duo Foster & Allen is at 34.

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There’s no stopping Ed Sheeran’s Shape Of You, with two new remixes of the song helping it to celebrate an eighth week at Number 1, with bumper sales and streams.

A Major Lazer remix and a special collaboration version with Stormzy, which the pair debuted at the BRIT Awards last week, count toward Shape Of You’s overall chart placing and have seen the song score 144,385 combined chart sales, racking up 10.95 million streams in the last seven days. It’s Shape Of You’s biggest chart week since its debut at Number 1 back in January.

The Chainsmokers and Coldplay vault 28 places with another BRIT Awards collaboration, Something Just Like This is up to Number 2.

New entries and high climbers

Aside from his cameo on Shape Of You at the top, Stormzy makes seven further appearances in the Top 40 – the highest being Big For Your Boots, which climbs 11 places to 6. Other tracks from his chart-topping debut album Gang Signs and Prayer to make an impression are new entries Cold (21), Bad Boys (22) First Things First (25), Mr Skeng (29) and Kehlani collaboration Cigarettes & Cush (30). Previous Top 10 single Shut Up also zooms 83 places to land at 37.

Every single track from Gang Signs and Prayer has made the Top 100 – Stormzy is only the fourth act to achieve that feat, after Justin Bieber, Beyoncé and The Weeknd.

Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean and Migos team up on Slide, which is new at Number 10, giving Calvin his 22nd Top 10 and Frank and Migos their first.

Anne-Marie’s Ciao Adios breaks into the Top 20 for the first time, rising to 19, and Maroon 5 and Future rise 8 places to Number 24 with Cold.

Zedd and Alessia Cara complete this week’s round of new entries – Stay is brand new at 33.

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Ed Sheeran dominates the Official Singles Chart this week following a big performance at this week’s BRIT Awards of his latest singles Shape Of You and Castle On The Hill.

Shape Of You continues to lead the way on the Top 40, logging a seventh week at Number 1 with 7.37 million streams and 34,000 downloads sold.

Meanwhile, How Would You Feel (Paean) – a track lifted from his upcoming album ÷ (Divide) – is a new entry at 2, and Castle On The Hill is at 4. The Top 5 singles takeover comes ahead of the release of his third album next week, on Friday, March 3.

Elsewhere, Katy Perry’s Chained To The Rhythm gets a boost from her BRITs performance, climbing two spots to 5, while Kygo and Selena Gomez’s brand new collaboration It Ain’t Me opens at Number 9. The entry is Kygo’s second UK Top 10 single and Selena’s third.

Elsewhere, Take That finish at Number 13 with their new single Giants but are this week’s biggest physical seller, shifting 12,000 CDs of the track this week.

Anne-Marie’s Ciao Adios vaults 19 places to 21 this week, and The Chainsmokers and Coldplay’s brand new track Something Just Like This – unveiled and released during Wednesday’s BRITs – enters at 30 after less than 48 hours on sale.

Finally, Maroon 5 earn their 19^th Top 40 single with Cold ft. Future at 32, and Danish DJ Martin Jensen breaks into this week’s Top 40 with Solo Dance at Number 40 five weeks after its release.

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He’s done it again! Ed Sheeran holds onto the Number 1 spot of the Official Singles Chart for a sixth week with Shape of You.

One of two lead singles from Ed’s third studio album, Shape of You remained on top with 36,500 downloads combined with 8 million streams. Ed’s other Top 3 single for the past six weeks Castle on the Hill has now fallen from 2 to Number 3, ending Ed’s record-breaking grip on the top two positions.

Ed’s five-week spell at Numbers 1 and 2 is the longest consecutive tenure holding both spots on the Official Singles Chart. Justin Bieber is the artist with most non-consecutive weeks; his songs Sorry and Love Yourself have spent 7 weeks in total back-to-back on the singles tally.

Breaking through Ed Sheeran’s stronghold this week is Rag’n’Bone Man, whose track Human rebounds from Number 5 to return to its peak position of Number 2. The song has enjoyed a major uplift thanks to the release of his debut album of the same name, and performances of the track on The Graham Norton Show and Sunday Brunch.

New entries and high climbers

Zayn and Taylor Swift’s I Don’t Wanna Live Forever reaches a new peak of Number 5 following the release of Fifty Shades Darker, the movie that IDWLF is the lead soundtrack single from. The collaboration is Zayn’s second Top 5 single and Taylor’s seventh.

Katy Perry’s return to music is off to a solid start, her new Skip Marley-featuring single Chained to the Rhythm debuts at Number 7, becoming KP’s 14th Top 10 single in the process. Dua Lipa will also be celebrating this week – Be The One reaches a new peak of Number 9.

Train’s fourth Top 40 single Play That Song has climbed four rungs to Number 21, while Rag’n’Bone Man is back again with his second single Skin. The song returns to the Top 40 and lands at a new PB of Number 25, climbing 26 slots.

Finally, Anne-Marie scores her second credited Top 40 single – Ciao Adios is new at 40.

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Ed Sheeran’s extended run at Number 1 and 2 on the Official Singles Chart means he sets a new UK chart record this week.

The Suffolk singer-songwriter’s double release hold their positions for a fifth consecutive week, with Shape Of You at 1 and Castle On The Hill at 2. Shape Of You was downloaded 41,000 times and played 8.14 million times on streaming services to keep its place at the top.

It’s the longest time an act had held the Top 2 positions on the Official Chart, overtaking Justin Bieber, who logged four weeks with Sorry and Love Yourself in November/December 2015.

Stormzy claims this week’s highest new entry with Big For Your Boots (8), matching his previous peak on the chart with Shut Up in December 2015. The track is taken from his highly anticipated debut album Gang Signs & Prayer, which follows on February 24.

Elsewhere in the Top 10, Zayn and Taylor Swift’s I Don’t Wanna Live Forever – taken from the new Fifty Shades Darker movie, lifts four spots to a new personal best at 9, and Dua Lipa lands her highest charting single to date with Be The One, which lifts one place to Number 10.

Two songs crack the Top 20 for the first time this week, Martin Garrix’s Scared To Be Lonely ft. Dua Lipa at 14 (up nine places), and Sage The Gemini’s Now And Later rises four places to 17.

Three more tracks make big gains this week: Tinie Tempah’s Text From Your Ex ft. Tinashe lifts ten rungs to 24, Train’s Play That Song (25) becomes the band’s first UK Top 40 hit in five years, and Snakehips’ Don’t Leave ft. MO moves 39 to 29.

Finally, James Arthur’s Safe Inside – the follow up to his Number 1 hit Say You Won’t Let Go – makes its Top 40 debut at 34, a climb of 15 places.

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